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Jubal Anderson Early (November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894) was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. [1] .
Early was a Confederate general in the American Civil War (1861–65) whose army attacked Washington, D.C., in July 1864 but whose series of defeats during the Shenandoah Valley campaigns of late 1864 and early 1865 contributed to the final collapse of the South.
Nov 9, 2009 · Jubal Early (1816-1894) was a U.S. military officer, lawyer and writer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65).
Jubal Anderson Early, graduated 18th in a class of 50 from the United States Military Academy in 1837. He spent his early military career fighting Seminole American Indians in the Florida region, and resigned soon thereafter.
Jubal Anderson Early was a native Virginian and member of the Whig party who did not particularly support secession. However, when Virginia voters confirmed secession on May 23, 1861, Early chose to stand with his state.
Jul 3, 2019 · A devout Whig, Early was elected to the Virginia secession convention in early 1861. Though resisting calls for secession, Early began to change his mind following Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the rebellion in April.
Jubal A. Early, (born Nov. 3, 1816, Franklin county, Va., U.S.—died March 2, 1894, Lynchburg, Va.), U.S. and Confederate military leader. He graduated from West Point and served in the second of the Seminole Wars and the Mexican War.
